7) Beginner Soap Making Series - What is Superfat?

[@shahidhayat9000]

Thank you so much If I use 90 % ghee, 05% Coconut oil,05% caster oil then how is super fats ?

[@shahidhayat9000]

What is value of super fats in animal fats?

[@AmakersArtandSouL]

So with the African Black soap the do a superfat of 3% or less?

[@vc5898]

For beginners which oil will be best for making soap.

[@TinaMoenck]

I recommend using cheap store bought oils to practice with. Olive oil and coconut oil are good ones.

[@vc5898]

@@TinaMoenck but here in our place olive oil is very coastly so any alternative ot it.

[@jamilah1829]

Awesome info! Thanks so much for sharing. Definitely going to join the group and get your book.

[@anthonypeltier4039]

Going to buy the book really got into soap making recently so happy I found you, thanks

[@TinaMoenck]

anthony peltier It's 50% off this month only too. :) Are you in my Facebook group, Soap Making and Business Coaching? All the links are posted in the announcements section.

[@anthonypeltier4039]

Tina Moenck I will be joining the group here shortly thank you so much!!!

[@TinaMoenck]

anthony peltier You're very welcome

[@pappooyartungnaker6321]

Can you tell me how much super fat % should a rimmed soap would be ?

[@peterpaulaski6586]

Have you ever had a batch of soap not go to vasaline stage I made a batch of soap that was close to this and it did not go to vasaline stage it seemed like it did not have enough water in it??? My first batch I ever made was a few days ago came out good but not super hard , this one I'm asking about is my second and it was a hot process soap the recipe I used was 5 oz lye 6 oz water 20 oz coconut oil 10 oz olive oil And I put 2 oz of shae butter Thank you ,peter

[@TinaMoenck]

Peter Paulaski That's a high amount of coconut oil. That tends to cook a lot differently. Not every recipe will go through all the hot process stages.

[@peterpaulaski6586]

Tina Moenck thank you

[@ghettocountry8678]

I had a recipe that I wanted to try and I put it in the calc. and i was gonna let you all see and if im doing this right from that chart that I wanted to use. Ok I have coconut oil, 76 deg. 3.2oz.,6.4 Olive Oil, 6.4 oz grapeseed OIl and the calculations that it gave me for lye-(NaOH-was 2.1 for the 6%) and water 4.5 oz for water. If I use this will it come out right by what the chart gave me? The oils weighted out to be 16 oz total. Just don't want to hurt myself or anyone in my house if I make this as I have it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance...

[@TinaMoenck]

I use the Brambleberry lye calc and it's set to 33% water. I put your oils in with a 5% Superfat and got 2.18 ounces of lye and 5.3 ounces of water. I'd go with the higher water, it'll be easier to work with. The high amount of liquid oils will give you more time to work with it too.

[@ghettocountry8678]

@@TinaMoenck came close to what the calc., I was using, I actually did go higher on the water

[@kendrapierce9394]

Hey Tina I have been enjoying your videos. They are very informative and a great deal of help. I was wondering there's a way I could contact you, to get a clearer understanding of some topics Im completely confused on.

[@TinaMoenck]

My email is [e-mail]

[@sofiakhan4580]

Tina I want to buy your book plz give me details how I can purchase and what the name of the book is, thank you

[@TinaMoenck]

Here is the ebook link gumroad.com/l/EeAJQ

[@DM-sk7od]

thanks for the information its very useful and easy to understand ❤️

[@DM-sk7od]

where can we find tge saponification value chart? should we buy the book to look at it?

[@TinaMoenck]

Dareen Monshi I do have it in my book. It's also online.

[@ghettocountry8678]

question on these soap calculators they have the NaOH ration for the lye and then on the right side of this chart is a water amount that is in ounces Like say the NaOh is a 2.184 which there saying is 6% and then the water it gives 4.4ounces but in brackets it has beside that water ounce (2.2 to 6.6) now is this saying that that is only for the water amount you can use or is the first set of numbers for the water what you can use for lye and the second set in brackets up to the amount of water or like I was saying is this just for water. Im so confused on these soap calculators. If I could figure this out I could make some....lol

[@TinaMoenck]

Water amounts can vary which can be confusing. Lye needs its own weight in water to dissolve correctly, but that's a very strong solution that will accelerate trace and isn't for beginners. Full water is 40% of the oil weight, and isn't recommended either, because the soap will take forever to cure. I only use 38% water for hp. I use 33% water for cp. To make it easy you can just do twice the water of the lye, like your example... If you need 2 ounces of lye use 4 ounces of water. I'll look at your recipe you posted after work and let you know.

[@ghettocountry8678]

@@TinaMoenck basically I was asking if those brackets were low to high water you can use for what the lye amount has but without numbers in brackets. Or lye amount 2.2 to water amount 6.6. or could that mean just water levels you can use from 2.2 to 6.6 in brackets.?

[@ghettocountry8678]

The calc using was a Google search that was just lye calc.